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Drake tries to recruit Kevin Durant to Toronto

Rapper Drake, a Toronto native, is making a hard push to get Kevin Durant to play for the Raptors in 2016. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

Rapper Drake did his best to recruit Kevin Durant to the Toronto Raptors last weekend.

Drake, an avid basketball fan and friend of Durant's (who's even shouted him out in songs) tried his darndest at OVO Fest in Toronto to get the crowd excited about a potential KD to Canada sell in 2016.

"I just wanna show one of my brothers something. My brother Kevin Durant was kind enough to come to the show tonight and watch us. I just wanted to see what would happen if he came to play in Toronto," Drake said.

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